Hi !I'm on the look out for "historical" info concerning my Pearl brand (yes the percussion guys in Nashville), bass guitar.It sounds great (like any good Fender, should). Looks exactly like one too.

This babe had been stored since the early 198O's in someone's garage till my ex's aunt gave it to me along with a dual showman TFL 5000 X amp and 100 W speaker.Actually she asked me to take that old "junk" pile out of the garage and put it on the sidewalk for trash pick up the next morning.My ex asked me : "You're not gonna bring more junk home ? Are you ?"One good reason I don't miss her.All I know it was probably bought in Belgium by my ex's uncle.Any clue would help.

Damned if that doesn't look authentic! Faded Olympic White. Headstock faded just the right shade of amber. Looks right to me. Did Fender rebrand instruments with the Pearl trademark? I don't know, but that may be a very rare bass. Thanks for posting.

_________________1976 Lefty Precision Hot Rod2012 Lefty American Standard Jazz2017 Lefty American Professional Precision2018 Rumble Stage 40 Combo2016 Rumble 200 Combo One day they shall name a GREAT city after me, and they shall call it LINNINGRAD

I did put the "ashtray" back over the saddle, but will leave the bridge off (palm muting).No visible wear, except for chrome rust dots, and a broken tuner (replaced with workaround type), I will replace all 4 tuners with original FENDER ones, as I doubt I could find original PEARL ones, assuming they aren't different.One thing for sure : There are some cheap Fender clones around, but who would make fake Pearls ?One of these days, I will dismantle the neck, there might be some authentic Fender parts branding on the neck and body.No "F" on the neck bolt chrome plate.

_________________1976 Lefty Precision Hot Rod2012 Lefty American Standard Jazz2017 Lefty American Professional Precision2018 Rumble Stage 40 Combo2016 Rumble 200 Combo One day they shall name a GREAT city after me, and they shall call it LINNINGRAD

A week ago, I wanted to know if this bass was a quality clone of the ASP bass, worthy of the Pearl brand, and up to the quality standard of their percussion products, or a cheap resin synthetic "wood", or plywood "junk" copy, (which the way it sounds contradicts vehemently).So I started sanding some paint down on the back.As you can see I was pleased by what I saw, and got a bit carried away.I was thinking to make it into a "custom" natural wood bass.Yet on the other hand that faded original Olympic white is just great looking too.So I end up (at least for the moment) with a dual tone (front/back) bass guitar.Proudly showing off (to the backstage folks only) the solid maple nature of this great body.(Single coat clear varnish).Putting it back together tomorrow...

_________________"Here's why reliability is job one: A great sounding amp that breaks down goes from being a favorite piece of gear to a useless piece of crap in less time than it takes to read this sentence." -- BRUCE ZINKY